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How to Calculate Calories and Macros: Tips From Mike Matthews

Do you know how many calories (and calories for each macro) you should take in each day? What factors should you consider when calculating calories and macros? In Bigger Leaner Stronger, Michael Matthews recommends flexible dieting. This simply means managing your calorie intake and eating a healthy balance of macronutrients (macros). To do this, you need to know how to calculate calories and macros according to your diet goals. Continue reading to learn Matthews’s advice for calculating calories and macros.

Reject Perfectionism in Art—Mistakes Are Part of the Process

Are you a creator and a perfectionist? Are you aware that perfectionism actually hinders creativity? One aspect of being an artist is cultivating a creative mindset. Such a mindset keeps you inspired and helps you work through challenges and creative blocks. Perfectionism isn’t part of a creative mindset; in fact, it gets in the way of the artistic process. Read more to understand why perfectionism in art is problematic.

Manage Your Day-to-Day: Advice From Creative Professionals

Are you a creative professional or aspiring to be one? Do you need some help figuring out a work routine and staying focused and motivated? Manage Your Day-to-Day is a collection of essays edited and curated by 99U’s Jocelyn K. Glei. The essays help creative professionals learn how to develop a routine that supports creativity, how to improve their focus, and how to hone their creative mindset. Continue reading for an overview of this inspiring book that can take your creative work to the next level.

How to Overcome Creative Blocks: 5 Challenges & Solutions

Do you feel like you don’t have enough time for creative work? Are you stuck on a project? How can creative blocks be turned into creative opportunities? Whether you’re a creative professional, an entrepreneur, or anyone seeking to reclaim their creativity, Manage Your Day-to-Day inspires you toward reaching your full potential. In the book, Mark McGuinness addresses five creative blocks and provides strategies to help you lean into these challenges. Keep reading to learn how to overcome creative blocks and break through toward success.

How to Develop a Creative Routine: 3 Steps to Real Progress

Do you prioritize your creative projects, or are they always on the back burner? Do you treat your creative work as a marathon or just a scattered series of sprints? Many creative professionals suggest that the first step to becoming more creative is prioritizing creative work. The best way to do this is to build a routine around your projects. Without an intentional creative routine, they argue, it’s unlikely you’ll ever make significant progress on your biggest and best ideas. Keep reading to get tips from Mark McGuinness, Daniel H. Pink, Cal Newport, Gretchen Rubin, and Tony Schwartz on establishing

Feel-Good Brain Chemicals: Activities to Stimulate Them

Have you been feeling down in the dumps lately? What are activities that activate your feel-good brain chemicals? Recovering from a relationship with a narcissist can bring up all sorts of negative feelings that just won’t go away. With the help of Power by Shahida Arabi, you can find enjoyable hobbies and activities that pinpoint brain chemicals that make you happy. Let’s take a look at what you can do to stimulate certain brain chemicals.

Gabor Maté’s Scattered Minds: Book Overview & ADHD Tips

How can childhood experiences cause ADHD? Can ADHD be managed without medication? How can parents help children who suffer from ADHD? In Scattered Minds, Gabor Maté argues that ADHD isn’t just a biological disorder. ADHD also is a psychological disorder that can’t just be solved with medication. Read below for a brief Scattered Minds book overview.

Early Retirement Extreme by Jacob Lund Fisker: Book Overview

What are you willing to give up in order to work less (or not at all)? Do you carry debt that isn’t really necessary? In Early Retirement Extreme, Jacob Lund Fisker shows you how to do what he did: break free of consumerism and live a fulfilling, meaningful life—well before the typical retirement age. He provides straightforward strategies that you can adopt to make this significant lifestyle change. Continue reading for an overview of this book that invites you to take control of your life and future.

3 Reasons to Break Out of the Unfulfilling Cycle of Consumerism

Do you work more than you need to because you buy more than you need? Are you blindly following a narrative that just ain’t so? The modern world lures us into giving away our freedom, argues early retiree Jacob Lund Fisker. The vast majority of adults are caught in a needless cycle of consumerism. Luckily, he says, it’s possible to free yourself from this system. Read more to learn three reasons to break out of the unfulfilling cycle of consumerism.

Effects of ADHD: Memory, Distractions, & Disorganization

What are the effects of ADHD? How does ADHD affect functioning? In Order From Chaos, Jaclyn Paul argues that people with ADHD face particular organizational challenges that can make their lives feel chaotic and frustrating. People with ADHD also have trouble with their memory and are distracted by their own thoughts. Let’s explore the effects of ADHD to see if they fit your own symptoms.